THANK YOU MAMA

    O yes! i remember, Indeed i remember that day i finally came to the world, what  i first saw was the most beautiful smile i could ever imagine, a smile of relief, a smile of joy, a smile of hope, and a smile of comfort. all these smile coming out of Mummy's face. Ooh yes she kissed my forehead and i remember that tickled so i laughed my first laugh ever, The journey had just begun, when am cold she cuddle's me to keep me warm, when am warm she makes sure i get fresh air to keep my temperature cool, when am hungry, she made sure i eat before she thinks of her stomach, and when am sad she tries her best to find out why am not happy she did all these when i never had the opportunity to speak or talk but yet still she figured it out.
    I call her Mummy and she calls me Daddy,,,ooh she is my first love and will always be, i love her more than words can ever explain. Every morning when am preparing for school mum will prepare hot tea for me to take before the school bus arrives, sometimes i miss the bus  because of mummy's tea. Will go to school very clean and neat, but we always return very dirty, every detergent advert always reminds me of mummy especially the sunlight advert  song. Even when i left for the boarding house mum didn't rest. She will always come to visit me even when it is not visiting day. Mummy has done a lot for me that i can not repay her in my entire life. My most memorable moment with my mum was the day i left for boarding school,outwardly she was happy but inwardly she was sad because she was going to miss her daddy...tears dropped from her eyes that day when she was waving back at me saying "GOODBYE MY SON LEARN HARD OOO AND ALWAYS REMEMBER TO PRAY BEFORE YOU SLEEP"
   I DEDICATE THIS POEM TO MY MOTHER AND ALL MOTHERS ACROSS THE GLOBE...AND I WANA SAY THANK YOU MAMA

Before I was myself you made me, me
With love and patience, discipline and tears,
Then bit by bit stepped back to set me free,

Allowing me to sail upon my sea,
Though well within the headlands of your fears.
Before I was myself you made me, me

With dreams enough of what I was to be
And hopes that would be sculpted by the years,
Then bit by bit stepped back to set me free,

Relinquishing your powers gradually
To let me shape myself among my peers.
Before I was myself you made me, me,

And being good and wise, you gracefully
As dancers when the last sweet cadence nears
Bit by bit stepped back to set me free.

For love inspires learning naturally:
The mind assents to what the heart reveres.
And so it was through love you made me, me
By slowly stepping back to set me free.

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The Girl In The Viral #BringBackOurGirls Photo Isn’t Even From Nigeria

World • Katie Gonza

Since certain advocates highlighted the fact that the international community was largely ignoring the abduction of the 200-some* Nigerian school girls who were kidnapped by Islamist extremists in April, the #BringBackOurGirls campaign has taken off via various social media channels.
But in all the hype, some individuals and organizations have forgotten to check their political correctness.
In many images accompanying stories about the abduction — including the now-famous and highly-circulated #BringBackOurGirls poster — the young women portrayed are not Nigerian, have not been kidnapped, and never consented to be the face of this horrific incident.
In the campaign’s viral image in particular, the grainy photo of a girl crying and staring out towards the camera features Jenabu Balde — who might be black, but she’s definitely not Nigerian.
Instead, Balde is from Guinea-Bissau, a country in western Africa that’s over 2,000 miles away from the northeastern Nigeria town of Chibok where the girls were abducted.
The image’s original photographer, Ami Vitale, noticed that the photo, in which Balde is simply waiting for her school teacher to arrive, had become the image most associated with the kidnappings through Twitter.
She’s since spoken out through The New York Times and The Washington Post about what it means that the photo was used by Emmanuel Hephzibah, a Nigerian creative director, to help popularize support for this country’s crisis.

“There are many times when I get upset when people take my photos without permission, but this isn’t about that. I support the campaign completely and I would do anything to bring attention to the situation. It’s a beautiful campaign that shows the power of social media. This is a separate issue. This is about misrepresentation.”

While it’s often important for retweets or Instagram likes to have a compelling image associated with any campaign, it’s more important to remember the real victims at the center of this issue: the Nigerian girls whose faces their families may never see again.
*Editor’s Note: The actual figure of Nigerian schoolgirls who were abducted varies from source to source, but US intelligence estimates that number to be 276.
H/T: Mashable, Photo Courtesy

Even Al Qaeda Thinks Kidnapping The 230 Nigerian Schoolgirls Was Taking It Too Far

World • Katie Gonzalez •

You know you’ve messed up if Al Qaeda is chastising you.
Following the news that 230* girls were abducted from their Nigerian school in April, Boko Haram militants have since taken responsibility for the kidnappings, and admitted they’re planning on selling the young women, ages 16 to 18, into marriages on the black market.
Now reports are emerging that other Islamist extremists — those who have distorted the religion in the name of “jihad” — are opposed to these abductions, acknowledging that Boko Haram, which has been terrorizing Nigeria for years, has gone too far.
According to various jihadi forums, frequent posters (some of whom are believed to be Al Qaeda members and leaders) believe that this group has erred in its kidnapping of innocent schoolchildren, and that even their actions are “tainting” the real aim and branded image of other extremist groups abroad.
These posts apparently indicate a longtime-coming rift in the extremist community, many of whom believe that Boko Haram’s violence is becoming increasingly meaningless and focused on the wrong individuals.
A month before the kidnappings, Boko Haram orchestrated a major bombing in Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja, killing 75 people. Just last Friday, the group again detonated a car bomb, which resulted in 19 deaths, with 66 additional people injured.
*Editor’s Note: The actual figure of Nigerian schoolgirls who were abducted varies from source to source, but US intelligence now estimates that number to be 276.
H/T: New York Times, Photo Credit: GettyImages

RISING STARS AFRICA SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR...

    

Chukky

His name Chukky...another talented musician from West Africa Nigeria...he his base in Ghana and have performed across all University Campuses Shows in Ghana. Chukky is currently focusing on his academic has he has few month to graduate. However' he is still doing great piece of work. 

 LISTEN AND DOWNLOAD LUKULUKU  by Chukky.....This song is a HIT!!!

HIP-HOP IN AFRICA

B-Slim

 
Talents in Africa, Hip-hop songs are now part of Africans... we have real great energetic youth who are taking hip-hop to the next level, doing great piece of work, Great rappers like Mode 9, Chemistry, Yung 6, Olamide, Mi, Vector, Eva, etc. Sometimes when I listen to some of these rappers I hear strict Hip-Hop.
 B-SLIM has release another strictly Hip-Hop tune after he nailed the A milli beat...He calls this DO IT RIGHT,,, This is a true definition of HIP-HOP coming from our our brother from Nigeria...LISTEN OR FREE DOWNLOAD HERE

GHANAIANS TO PROTEST TOMORROW IN ACCRA #BringBackOurGirls

    

Gifty Anti

The plight that has been the order of the day and has attracted world's attention, every country in the world has heard the cry of Nigerians especially the people of Chibok, its is all over social networks and international media.
       Ghanians will protest tomorrow Sunday which is Mother's Day against the abduction of over 200 girls by the dread terrorist group, Boko Haram in Nigeria. The Ghanaian version of #BringBackOurGirls  protest will be witness come tomorrow when great legion of concern mothers and sisters lead by Radio and T.V anchor Gifty Anti take to the principal streets of Accra to present a petition to Nigeria envoy in the country over the issue.
         Weeks after their abduction, the 276 Nigerian school girls still remain captives of the extremist terrorist group that has threaten to sell them into slavery.
 Instead of celebration and merry making that are normally made on Mother's day, these concern mothers and women are going to match in Accra on the most celebrated day to register their displeasure with the abduction and present a petition to the Nigerian envoy to Ghana.
      The match would be to express their concern and solidarity with the mothers of the kidnapped girls to the Nigerian High Commissioner, Ambassador Ademola Oluseyi Onafowokan and to task the Nigerian government through the High Commissioner to "FIND AND RESCUE OUR DAUGHTERS AND SISTERS!"